Fuel Filler Panic

[Mick Storey]

Does anyone know where to get the joint that goes between the 24 hour fuel filler and the tank from ie what was it?

[Simon Crook]

Mick is it not this piece

http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/rubber-sleeve-between-filler-neck-plastic-fuel-tank-p-1006.html

[Katy Storey]

Simon,
Sadly no. That's too tight on the 24 hour filler
Mick

[Simon Crook]

 ??? unless mine came with one then I am sure I used the original one - check with Wayne think he had something to do with making them

[Derek Coghill]

Mick, there was a bit of hose that came with it. It was a pig to fit.

[Mick Storey]

Solved with an old piece  piece of landrover turbo pipe - have to take another days holiday but back on track (pardon the pun)

[Caryl Wills]

Mick,
I had the same trouble as you and only got it sorted this morning. Tony Barnett supplied me with a short piece of 2" ID fuel hose, but it has 2 spring steel reinforcing wires in it and it doesn't stretch. What I did was to modify the original connection rubber that goes between the standard fuel filler tube and the plastic neck of the fuel tank. Using a new Stanley knife blade I trimmed the additional material from the smaller diameter where it protrudes into the larger diameter to try and make the wall thickness the same as the smaller diameter where it transitions into the larger diameter. This is to try and make the whole thing more flexible.

I then filed a chamfer on the bottom of the new filler tube to make it easier to stretch the modified rubber connector over the tube. Holding the new filler tube in a vice and lubricating both the tube and the inside of the rubber connector with liquid soap (not washing up liquid) I managed to stretch the rubber over the stainless tube. I had to use a screw driver to get the last 1/4 of the rubber over the tube, but it didn't take long. I then managed to work the rubber connector up the new filler tube until it was about 20mm from the small tube that sticks out the side of the main tube.

The new filler neck then goes down the inside of the plastic neck on the fuel tank and once you've worked out where to drill the hole in the inner wing, it'll slide into the tank with the original rubber connector sliding nicely over the plastic neck. Don't forget to put the hose clips on before final assembly.  We found it easier to cut the stainless cap screw that is welded to the side of the new neck to about 1/2 it's original length to get a better idea of where the hole in the inner wing needs to be.

Here are some photos that might help: